No threat from foreign universities entering India: IITs, IIMs (The Times of India)
After the Cabinet’s nod for foreign universities to set up campuses in India, the IITs and IIMs welcomed the move saying it would help Indian institutions move to global standards and encourage competition.
Sehwag blitzes Warne’s Royals in Indian Premier League (Sydney Morning Herald)
Big-hitting India opener Virender Sehwag has blasted Delhi Daredevils to a comfortable six-wicket win over Shane Warne’s Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League in Ahmedabad.
Indian toddler cremated in India (BigPond News)
Hundreds of mourners in India have attended the final rites of a toddler who was killed in Melbourne.
Official: Islamist group behind Indian city bombing (The Malaysian Insider)
NEW DELHI, March 16 A bombing that killed 16 people in western India last month was carried out by home-grown Islamists with links to militants in Pakistan, a top Indian security official said yesterday. The bombing came days before an important official dialogue between India and Pakistan and was the first major attack in India since the 2008 Mumbai raid by Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba …
Indian paintings evoke Kazakh interest (The Hindu)
NEW DELHI: As part of its outreach effort in Central Asia, India is hosting an exhibition in Shymkent city of Kazakhstan of 29 digitally produced prints of well-known works of Indian artists representing human figure forms created over a span of more than a century.
Four Indian boxers reach final New Delhi: (The Telegraph)
World No. 1 Vijender Singh (75kg) and Asian champion Suranjoy Singh notched up emphatic wins as four Indian boxers sailed into the final at the fifth Commonwealth Boxing Championships here on Monday.
Amandeep, Bhagwan enter finals; 6 Indian boxers in summit clashes (New Kerala)
New Delhi, Mar 16: Indian pugilists Amandeep Singh (49kg) and Jai Bhagwan (60kg) advanced to the finals of their respective categories at the 5th Commonwealth Boxing Championships, being held at the Talkatora Stadium here today.
Shootout erupts at Indian space centre (The Malaysian Insider)
BANGALORE, March 16 A shootout out broke out between two armed men and security forces outside a high security space centre in southern India early today but it was too early to link it to a militant attack, police said. The brief shootout occurred in Byalalu, on the outkirts of IT hub Bangalore, outside an Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) building. The Home (Interior) Ministry sees …
Sail Open commits to Indian golf (Malaysian Mirror)
NEW DELHI India ‘s largest steel maker Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has announced its commitment to supporting Asian and Indian golf for the third successive year by holding the SAIL Open at the Delhi Golf Club from March 30 to April 2, this year.
Facebook opens up shop in India (The New Zealand Herald)
MUMBAI, India – Social networking site Facebook is opening an operations office in India, its first in Asia, to help manage rapid growth in the number of users.The office, in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, will have advertising…
